Weekly news

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Conferences may be starting this week with your child's teacher before or after school. Please be sure to check your child's agenda nightly for confirmation.

Fun Run Fundraiser kicks off on Tuesday, October 10th with an assembly in the PE room. Watch for information coming home to attain pledges. The Fun Run will take place on Friday, October 20th. Times TBA

Picture Day will be on Thursday, October the 12th.

Grades close for 1st quarter this Friday the 13th.

AcademicsSpalding - We will be entering words from List 8 in our Spalding spelling notebooks and focusing on rule 11. Your child will be tested on List 7 this Friday. There will not be a pretest this week because of the shortened week. Spelling homework packet will be due on Friday the 13th. Language Arts - Students will be focusing on the following in grammar: complex sentences, linking verbs, and diagramming. We will also be continuing to teach the format of the 5 paragraph essay using animal adaptations as the topic.Reading - The students will be reading a biography about Louis Braille in their Open Court Reading books. They will take a comprehension, vocabulary, and short essay test after reading and discussing. We will also be working on the book study on Thursday and Friday. Math - Students will focus on the following: 3 digit subtraction and regrouping, multiplication patterns, area, square roots, and base 10. Science - We will begin the unit on Animal Classification. Students will do two investigations. Social Studies- Students will begin the unit on Arizona.Book log for quarter one is due on Friday the 13th. Please be sure you have signed your child's log before then.